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Unredacted Documents and Lack of Harm
Julian Assange
There is no proof that anyone came to any harm as a result of the full disclosure of the unredacted documents published on the ] website. Not one shred of evidence.
[[WikiLeaks]
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The Burden of Truth and Responsibility
Julian Assange
*1:52:11–1:52:37.
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Reflections on The Fifth Estate's Themes
Quotes about the film
*], "," RogerEbert.com (18 October 2013).
[[Christy Lemire; https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-fifth-estate-2013 The Fifth Estate]
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The Importance of Continuous Inquiry
Julian Assange
As long as you keep searching, you are ] to them.
[[dangerous]
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The Cost of Transparency in Journalism
Julian Assange
*0:10:35–0:10:52.
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The Burden of Truth and Responsibility
Julian Assange
*0:26:52–0:26:58.
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The Nature of Contagion
Julian Assange
] is contagious.
[[Courage]
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The Nature of Information and Power
Julian Assange
*See also: ].
[[w:July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike|July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike]
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The Impact of War on Innocent Lives
Julian Assange
The ] shows the brutal ] of two ] reporters. Here, we have firsthand evidence of the ] of ]. A man, going to drop his children at school, sees another man ] to ] on the pavement, stops to aid this civilian, and, in the process, is ], and his vehicle turned one-hundred and eighty degrees by the sheer force of the ] helicopter's thirty-millimetre bullets ripping into the side of the vehicle, ] not killing the two children inside.
[[w:Collateral Murder|video; [slaughter; [Reuters; [barbarity; [war; [bleeding; [death; [killed; [w:Boeing AH-64 Apache|Apache; [miraculously]
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Critique of "The Fifth Estate's" Intentions
Quotes about the film
The Fifth Estate" seems more interested in contributing to a ], rather than cultivating a serious ].
[[cult of personality; [debate]
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The Importance of Whistleblower Anonymity
Julian Assange
And if the whistleblower's identity is secret, then he has nothing to ].
[[fear]
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Revealing Hidden Truths Behind Familiar Events
Julian Assange
These are ] which pierce the veil of ] surrounding ], hiding a more-complete portrait of events we thought we understood, but we may not have known at all.
[[revelations; [secrecy; [War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|this war]
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The Cost of Revealing Secrets
Taglines
You can't expose the world's secrets without exposing yourself.
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The Future Lies Between Transparency and Secrecy
Julian Assange
] is the ] between the ] and the ], and the future has just ].
[[Revolution; [struggle; [past; [future; [begun]
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Transparency and Aspiration in a Digital Age
Julian Assange
A ], ] by ], rebuilt under a ] so the whole world could look in: there's an ] to aspire to.
[[government; [destroyed; [tyranny; [w:Reichstag dome|glass dome; [ideal]
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The Cost of Truth and Transparency
Julian Assange
*0:11:58–0:12:04.
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The Nature of Truth and Transparency
Julian Assange
*0:13:42–0:14:07.
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The Cost of Transparency and Truth
Julian Assange
*2:00:23–2:01:35.
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Transparency as a tool for accountability
Julian Assange
*0:05:40–0:05:49.
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Defining the Meaning of Free Speech
Julian Assange
*By "bastion of free speech," he means the ].
[[federal government of the United States of America]
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A Small and Safe Portrayal of Boldness
Quotes about the film
For a movie about a larger-than-life personality who shook up the world with his brazenness—and since has had to seek political ] because of it—"The Fifth Estate" feels unfortunately small and safe.
[[asylum]
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Unveiling Global Secrets Through WikiLeaks
Taglines
How Wiki Leaks uncovers the secrets of the World
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The Burden of Truth and Transparency
Julian Assange
*2:02:35–2:02:38.
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The Burden of Truth and Transparency
Julian Assange
*1:18:45–1:19:25.
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The Challenge of True Commitment
Julian Assange
It takes two things to ] the world, and you'd be ] how many people have good ], but—]? true commitment?—that's the hard one. It requires ].
[[change; [surprised; [ideas; [commitment; [sacrifice]
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The Power of Information and Transparency
Julian Assange
*First spoken out loud 0:22:57–0:22:58. (This line is also spoken at other times throughout the film. It makes its first appearance, however, on a WikiLeaks flyer at 0:09:22.)
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The Need for Brave Souls in Journalism
Nick Davies
You know, there was a time when British papers couldn't report on parliamentary debate. But, then a few very brave men started printing pamphlets and leaking these ]. And, uh, well, I believe the men were hanged. But the public saw these pamphlets and demanded access, and the modern ] was born, from the ], and the ], of these few ] souls.
[[debates; [Fourth Estate; [passion; [vision; [brave]
Daniel Berg
Who were hanged.
Nick Davies
Who were hanged.And, now, we find ourselves in the same position, a new ] revolution, infinitely more ] than the last—a ]—seemingly hellbent on destroying its predecessors, all the old models dying faster than the new can replace them. Which is why we need～more～brave～souls. You, and Julian, have charted a course through all this ], pointed at the ]; and, yes, the tyrants of this world should beware, knowing that, now, we have the power to demand the information that,one day soon, will wash them all away.
[[information; [powerful; [Fifth Estate|''Fifth'' Estate; [chaos; [truth]
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The Power of One to Expose Secrets
Julian Assange
If we can find one ] man, one ], someone willing to expose all these secrets, that man could topple the most repressive of régimes.
[[moral; [whistleblower]
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The Complexity of Truth and Information
Julian Assange
*0:47:35–0:47:49. (This line is partially repeated in voice-over from 1:51:43 to 1:51:55.)
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The Need for Extra Servers in Cybersecurity
Julian Assange
Who ever thought that we'd need extra servers to fight ] attacks from the "bastion of ]"?
[[censorship; [free speech]
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Meta Commentary on Film and Reality
Quotes about the film
Assange has gone to great lengths to discredit the movie. Considering that its portrayal of him is less than flattering, that's not surprising. The story closely follows the source material but there are open questions about the ] ] of those books. Condon uses a late scene in the movie to address Assange's criticisms by having the character, as played by Cumberbatch, complain about "the upcoming Wikileaks movie." It's a curious moment that seems to have been incorporated as a concession. It's the first time I can recall (at least in a serious-minded film) a character openly referring to the movie in which he is appearing. Cinematic recursion.
[[factual; [accuracy]
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